Daniel Ibanez Pope Francis waves at pilgrims from China at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on September 7, 2016. The Vatican also offered a lengthy defense of the agreement, saying that...

Freshstock Flags of China and the Vatican. Following the Vatican-China agreement in 2018, state officials in different regions of China removed crosses and demolished church buildings, and...

National Archives/ White House Photographic Collection; Public domain President Ronald Reagan greets Pope St. John Paul II at Miami International Airport Sept. 10, 1987. COMMENTARY: The providential...